California Statewide Fire Summary for August 25, 2021 

August 25, 2021 - Currently, more than 14,200 firefighters are continuing to work towards containment on 12 major wildfires and one extended attack fire, all while responding to hundreds of new emergencies and wildfires each day. In the past 24-hours there were 25 new initial attack wildfires, including the new Rock Fire in Riverside County, which has burned 250 acres and is 25 percent contained. Fire danger remains high across the state as a warming trend with low humidity is expected over the next few days.

A series of low-pressure troughs moving through the northern region will continue the dry weather pattern causing elevated fire weather concerns and valley heat. Smoke continues to impact many northern California communities. In the southern region, daytime temperatures will warm 5 to 10 degrees above normal by Friday and continue into the weekend. West to southwest winds of 15 – 25 mph with local gusts to 40 mph will surface across the mountain ridges and desert passes through this evening, and then again Friday evening through Saturday evening. In the Southeast part of the state, there is an excessive heat warning in effect from 10:00 a.m. today until 9:00 p.m. Friday.

CAL FIRE continues to urge all Californians to take steps to prevent sparking a wildfire. To learn more ways to prevent sparking a wildfire, visit www.readyforwildfire.org.

Fires of Interest:

**Unified Command Fires**
Dixie Fire, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama & Shasta Counties (more info…)
Feather River Canyon
*735,064 acres, 45% contained
*Nearly 12,000 structures threatened
*2nd Largest and 14th Most Destructive Wildfire in state history
*1,273 structures destroyed
*Evacuation orders and warnings in place for multiple communities
*Unified Command CAL FIRE, USFS, BLM, and National Park Service
*CAL FIRE IMT 3 and CA Interagency IMT 1 are in command

Caldor Fire, El Dorado County (more info…)
South of Grizzly Flats – El Dorado National Forest
*126,182 acres, 11% contained
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*More than 17,000 structures threatened, 637 structures destroyed
*Damage assessment is ongoing
*Highway 50 closed in both directions from Pollock Pines to Meyers
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and USFS
*CAL FIRE IMT 6 in command with USFS

French Fire, Kern County (more info…)
West of Lake Isabella – Sequoia National Forest
*20,678 acres, 19% contained
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Unified Command CA Interagency IMT 12 and Kern County Fire

McFarland Fire, Shasta, Trinity & Tehama Counties (more info…)
West of Platina – Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*119,560 acres, 73% contained
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and USFS
*CA Interagency IMT 10, in command with CAL FIRE

Monument Fire, Trinity County (more info…)
West of Big Bar – Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*154,344 acres, 20% contained
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and USFS
*CAL FIRE IMT 5 and Alaska IMT in command with USFS

**Federal Incidents**
Antelope Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
South of Tennant – Klamath National Forest
*69,700 acres, 40% contained

River Complex, Siskiyou & Trinity Counties (more info…)
West of Callahan – Klamath National Forest
*88,721 acres, 19% contained
*Complex is comprised of 23 fires; 16 fires contained
*NIMO Team 3 and CA Interagency IMT 15 in command

McCash Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Ten Bear Mtn McCash Creek - Six Rivers National Forest
*23,360 acres, 0% contained
*Great Basin IMT 3 in command

Walkers Fire, Tulare County (more info…)
Northeast of Springville – Sequoia National Forest
*3,975 acres, 40% contained

Lava Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Northeast of the community of Weed - Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*26,409 acres, 85% contained

Beckwourth Complex, Lassen/Plumas Counties (more info…)
Northeast of Beckwourth – Plumas National Forest
*105,670 acres, 98% contained

Tamarack Fire, Alpine County (more info…)
South of Gardnerville – Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
*68,637 acres, 82% contained

**Extended Attack Incidents**
Rock Fire, Riverside County (more info…) NEW
Gulley View Road and Rock Canyon Road, Anza – CAL FIRE
*250 acres, 25% contained
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place.

Source: CAL FIRE